About the Tophouse

The house dates from the 1820s, and has been improved many times since, most recently in 2009 when a new porch was built. However it retains many original features. The thick stone exterior walls, clad internally in wooden panelling, are all original.

Downstairs

The roomy accommodation is ideally suited for a family holiday. It consists of a large entrance porch with shower room and WC. A washing machine is plumbed in one corner. Off the hall is a kitchen/dining room with a fridge, double-drainer sink, fitted cupboards, a gas cooker and a multi-fuel enclosed stove with back boiler, which provides ample hot water, and a drying rack. The sitting room opens off the other end of the hall with a multi-fuel enclosed stove and furnished with two comfortable settees and chairs as well as a chest of drawers containing games for wet days. There is an extensive library which will give you an insight into Eigg; its history, archaeology, nature and traditions. There is a Wi-Fi connection which also powers an internet 'phone, allowing you to make calls free of charge within the UK and Europe. A nursery fireguard is stored behind one of the settees. A small bedroom with double bed and chest of drawers leads off the sitting room. Electricity, gas and smokeless coal for both fires, is included in the rent.

Upstairs

Up a steep traditional staircase there are two bedrooms with sea views; one with a double (4'6") bed and two chest of drawers, the other with three single beds and a chest of drawers. A cot is stored under one of the beds and can be erected if required. The bathroom, with bath, wash-basin and WC is also upstairs.

Linen, including towels, is supplied free of charge.

There is a fenced garden in front of the house with panoramic views over the sea to Rum and on a clear day to the outer isles.